Ünal Silver
Biography
Ünal Silver was born on 16 July 1948 in Istanbul. Ünal Silver's birth name was Ünal Gümüs, and he changed his surname to make it easier to pronounce while continuing his acting career in Germany. He starred in many television series, especially Kuzey Güney, Dirilis Ertugrul ve Eskiya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz. Silver, who had been receiving treatment in the hospital for a while due to health problems, passed away on 29 August 2023. Silver was buried in Kurtköy Osmangazi Cemetery on 31 August 2023. IMDb mini bio by yusufpiskin
Known For & Full Filmography27 Titles
Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes • as Hodsche
Die Pfefferkörner is a German television series produced by Der Kinderkanal. The peppercorns are five friends from Hamburg: Jana Holstein Coutre, Natasha "Tascha" Jaonzäns, Philip "Fiete" Overbeck, Cem Gülec and Vivien "Vivi" Overbeck, Fiete's eight year old sister. After school, the young detectives meet at a high level of a spice warehouse of the company Overbeck & Associates, which belongs to Fiete and Vivi's parents in the first part, but is later given to Fiete and Vivi to look after. Here, in the historic warehouse district, the five friends have their headquarters. With smarts, combined delivery and support of the Internet, they find their cases here. The detectives convict polluters, animal dealers and drug smugglers. They also help each other with personal problems they encounter. Cem has lost his parents in a car accident and sometimes feels sad and lonely. Jana lives with her divorcee mother, a lawyer who is rarely at home. Natasha comes from Latvia. Her parents initially have very strict rules in terms of her education, that make Natasha unhappy. Fiete has problems showing his feelings and hides them behind grumpiness and hostility towards girls, until he falls in love with Natasha. Vivi is suffering from her role of the youngest member of the group. She believes that she must constantly struggle for recognition.
Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes • as Atilla Sinaner
Brothers, Kuzey and Guney, are poles apart in character and perception. Despite their differences, the brothers fall in love with the same girl, Cemre.
Drama Series - 2006, 16 episodes • as Vahi Özkul
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2008, 16 episodes • as Cetin Akbay
Istanbul police commissioner Mehmet Özakin is in charge of serious crime, mainly murder investigations, mostly in the Turkish metropolis. A very modern Turk, he uses up to date Western methods, without prejudice, assisted by bachelor Mustafa Tombul. Even his private life is progressive, his wife Sevim being on the former imperial capital's university staff.
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Şahin
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Fuat Peştemalcızade
The star-studded production follows the story of two families: On one end is the successful but stingy Namzet Horanta, the boss of Horanta Holding, a jewelry manufacturer. To his wife Latife, daughter Nazmiye, and sons Sinan and Buğra amazement, Namzet underwent a seemingly big change that caused him to forego his stingy ways for generosity instead. Thanks to the aforementioned change, there will be a chain of interesting events that will keep the viewer hooked and entertained as Nazmiye's life will once again intersect with Osman, his former partner and greatest enemy.
Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The naive 18 year old Dobrila leaves her little Serbian village to travel to Hamburg, Germany, where her boyfriend lives. The trip is not easy. Finally in Hamburg she has to realize her boyfriend is not very interested in a relationship. She doesn't tell him she's pregnant and starts on her way home to Serbia, which turns out to be even more exhausting.
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Refet Dostum
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Aslan Bulut
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Olcay's Father
Sinan (Mert Firat) and Olcay (Acelya Devrim Yilhan) are two young people who have broken up with their lovers and lost their faith in love. After they have found each other, they start all over again. However, things get complicated when Sinan's ex-fiance shows up and Olcay starts to act strange.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Deli Bayram
A feature film that tells the story of the director's grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Belediye Başkanı
Kahraman is a naive and right-minded guy. In a lovely Anatolian town, he earns a living as an attendant in a Turkish bath inherited from his great grandfathers. One day, a wealthy constructor named Tuncay wants to demolish the bath and the marketplace it is located in, and build a mall in their place. Barber Cemil, Kahraman's enemy, convinces the craftsmen in the marketplace and collaborates with Tuncay to start the demolishment immediately. Kahraman does not want the marketplace he was born into to be demolished and he does not believe in the empty promises of Tuncay.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Osman
Didem tries everything to get actor Cem to propose to her, but he's got other things on his mind: a beautiful new co-star and a secret bachelor party.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Adapted from Peyami Safa’s novel Selma and Her Shadow, the movie tells the story of Selma. Selma (Görkem Yeltan) is the ultimate femme fatale whose alluring and seductive nature and irresistible charms exude an aura of death for men.
Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes • as Amiral Sir Edward
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Constantine and his wife, who are in their 70s, could not leave Istanbul, a city the Greeks were compelled to leave at different times for many various reasons. With the death of his wife, Constantine is overcome by thoughts and dreams about the past by associating his wife with Istanbul. Just like his wife, who never wanted to leave Istanbul, he cannot break away from her or the city.
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Zagor İbrahim
Brother Gokhan, Accountant Servet, Meatball Necmi and Del Piero Hikmet are released from prison on probation and they join group therapy in order to be reintegrated to society.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Rasim Kirdar
Cologne/Bonn Airport: Detective Inspector Mark Kleinert transfers the young Turkish man Baran Sahin, who has been arrested for illegal possession of weapons, to Istanbul. Seemingly a routine operation - until Kleinert receives a call from his lover Carla Paditz, urging him to meet her in Istanbul. When Kleinert arrives at the hotel, Carla is already dead. Mark Kleinert does not realize that Jo Weiß, an undercover BKA officer, is also at the hotel at the same time and is watching him. The fact that there is an even bigger crime behind the murder of the woman on the Bosporus becomes clear after the murder of the imprisoned Baran Sahin. And when Mark Kleinert wants to know why he of all people was responsible for his transfer, his life is already in danger - and not only his.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as İbrahim
After a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family, and the life of injured worker’s wife
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Yılmaz
German photographer Daniel Bert, who comes to Istanbul to do photo shoots, meets Can, who is a zenne at a nightclub, and Ahmet, who comes from a conservative eastern family.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Begüm
After Turkey’s february 1997 military intervention, Hilal and Fatma left their town to study at university in Istanbul. Feza lives downstairs in their lodgings, has fled as village where was cruelly bullied for being a transgender woman. Hilal chooses to help Feza and Fatma.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Ayhan Abi
Failed magician Iskender decides to do a tour to save his career, but has to bring his grumpy and senile father along. The tour is quite unexpectedly interrupted when a bride actually disappears from the stage.
Movie - 1992, 2h 15m • as Garbage Man (voice)
Amadeus is a small Punker living in a trash can. One day he has got the idea to participate in a punk concert in front of the Brandenburger Tor and convinces his friends to found a band. But still they have no instruments and thus have to gain some money. Meanwhile the eager police officer Herr Schulze is out to chase punks in Berlin and is about to interfere with Amadeus' plans...
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Halit Aktunç
A twenty years old boy that lost his mother, father and sister in a traffic accident takes a caravan trip with his best friend in order to hold onto life again.